EP0478854B1 - Zuführanlage für Trinkwasser und flüssigen Ensilierungsextrakt für Tiere - Google Patents

Zuführanlage für Trinkwasser und flüssigen Ensilierungsextrakt für Tiere Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP0478854B1
EP0478854B1 EP90310896A EP90310896A EP0478854B1 EP 0478854 B1 EP0478854 B1 EP 0478854B1 EP 90310896 A EP90310896 A EP 90310896A EP 90310896 A EP90310896 A EP 90310896A EP 0478854 B1 EP0478854 B1 EP 0478854B1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
liquid
watering
conduits
conduit means
bowl
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
EP90310896A
Other languages
English (en)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP0478854A1 (de
Inventor
Arne Halvard Johansen
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Individual
Original Assignee
Individual
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Priority to DE69012994T priority Critical patent/DE69012994D1/de
Publication of EP0478854A1 publication Critical patent/EP0478854A1/de
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP0478854B1 publication Critical patent/EP0478854B1/de
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K7/00—Watering equipment for stock or game
    • A01K7/005—Drinking bowls with anti-splash or anti-spilling features
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K5/00—Feeding devices for stock or game ; Feeding wagons; Feeding stacks
    • A01K5/02—Automatic devices
    • A01K5/0216—Automatic devices for the distribution of liquid fodder
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K7/00—Watering equipment for stock or game
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K7/00—Watering equipment for stock or game
    • A01K7/02—Automatic devices
    • A01K7/04—Automatic devices actuated by float

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to an automatic drinking water and liquid silage extract supply system for livestock, and, more particularly, to a system which can be used for the distribution of drinking water mixed with liquid silage extract or for distributing solely liquid silage extract. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system in which watering bowls are provided for each animal, each watering bowl containing a floating plate which floats on the surface of the liquid distributed to the system and reduces the surface area of the liquid which is in contact with the atmosphere.
  • the feeding of a large number of animals in modern commercial farming is usually achieved using automatic watering systems which supply water to individual drinking bowls for each animal.
  • the automatic watering system aims at providing fresh water to the animals in accordance with their individual needs.
  • Liquid silage extract is a by-product of the production of silage. It is nourishing and animals enjoy drinking it.
  • Silage extract contains substances and micro-organisms which will initiate a fermenting process when the extract is exposed to air. When the extract or a solution thereof is left to stand in the system, it will be exposed to air in two main places; in the float-regulated feed tanks, and in the watering bowls for the animals.
  • United States patent 3,745,977 discloses an alternative arrangement in which each bowl is equipped with a plate floating on the surface of the liquid, which isolates the liquid from the air, so that the bowl may be used outdoors even when the air temperature drops below the freezing point of the water. Normally an inwardly directed lip is provided around the upper periphery of the bowl to limit the upward displacement of the plate. To serve its purpose, the plate must have a buoyancy so high that it will not be suitable for the purpose of the plate in the present invention. If a plurality of plates are pressed down into the liquid simultaneously without any liquid being removed, that is to say, without the animals drinking, the level of the liquid will rise in the spaces created by an amount corresponding to the volume of the plates. If the animals release their pressure on the plates without having drunk anything, the plates will rise like corks and trap a certain quantity of liquid above their surface. This will give the animals a chance to lick or lap the trapped liquid, and spillage will ensue.
  • a watering system can be used for supplying water mixed with liquid silage extract or for pure extract if it is suitable altered.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a feed system having a floating plate provided in each watering bowl which provides automatic sealing of the feed pipe inlet in each bowl when the system is drained, so that the system may be scraped clean by pigging.
  • the provision of a floating plate reduces the surface area of the liquid exposed to the air. By so doing, the initiation and subsequently the rate of any fermentation process in the liquid or liquid mixture are delayed.
  • the present invention also seeks to provide a system in which, when the animals are drinking, they are prevented from pushing their snouts right into the liquid, and hence to carry any liquid remaining in their mouths after drinking, over the edge of the bowl. Moreover, when the animals drink, any coating resulting from fermentation is, to a large extent, scraped off the walls of the bowl.
  • the animals will not be able to lick or lap the liquid as opposed to drinking it, because they cannot reach the liquid without submerging the plate under the surface.
  • an automatic drinking water and liquid silage extract supply system for livestock in the form of a closed flow ring main system including two or more float-regulated feed tanks connected in series with one another by bottom conduit means, each said feed tank further including inlets for silage extract and water, watering bowls for each animal, each said watering bowl having an inlet in its base, a riser conduit being connected to, and in fluid flow communication with said bottom conduit means, by means a T-connector, said riser conduits being connected to each said watering bowl inlet and being of a smaller size than said bottom conduit means, drain conduits of the same size as said riser conduits, said drain conduits being connected to said bottom conduit means by T-connectors and overflow conduits extending from the upper portion of each said feed tank to a drain, floating plates being provided in each said watering bowl so as to float on the surface of the liquid contained therein, said floating plates reducing the surface area of the liquid in contact with air, characterised in that the underside of each floating plate in contact with
  • Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram of the supply system for water and/or liquid silage extract. Conduits for water and silage extract supply each feed tank 1. The conduits terminate in float valves in each feed tank 1. For silage extract this Figure also shows the position of a day or week tank (not referenced). This figure shows a supply system having two feed tanks 1, but for larger systems it will be necessary to install a plurality of tanks in series.
  • Each animal is provided with an individual watering bowl 2.
  • Bottom conduit means 3 are necessary to achieve the desired ring main effect in the system. From the bottom conduit means 3, riser pipes 4 feed the individual bowls 2.
  • Overflow from the feed tanks 1 passes into overflow conduits 5 which lead to a gutter in the floor, to a manure grate, or to any other desired outlet.
  • the overflow conduit 5 passes through the base of the feed tank 1 and its inlet is situated slightly above the normal level of liquid in the tank.
  • Drain conduits 6 branch off the bottom conduit means 3 and are equipped with taps 7.
  • FIGs 2 to 5 there are shown details of the watering bowls 2, each equipped with a floating plate 8.
  • the buoyancy and the diameter of this plate in relation to the bowl 2 are selected such that the animals cannot push their snouts all the way into the liquid when they drink, and the consequent spillage described hereinbefore is thus avoided.
  • the floating plate 8 When the animals drink, the floating plate 8 will be tipped first to one side, then to the other side. Such movement imparted to the floating plate 8 causes the plate to scrape off any coating which has developed on the walls of the watering bowl 2. Any scraped-off coating will be deposited on the bottom of the bowl and can be removed by pigging.
  • the floating plate 8 is rubber-coated on its underside, and when the system is drained, this provides an automatic sealing of the inlet in the bowl 2.

Landscapes

  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Environmental Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Husbandry (AREA)
  • Biodiversity & Conservation Biology (AREA)
  • Birds (AREA)
  • Feeding And Watering For Cattle Raising And Animal Husbandry (AREA)
  • Fodder In General (AREA)
  • Catching Or Destruction (AREA)
  • Physical Water Treatments (AREA)

Claims (1)

  1. Eine automatische Zuführanlage für Trinkwasser und flüssiges Silage-Extrakt für Tiere in Form einer geschlossenen, ringartigen Hauptanlage mit zwei oder mehreren, strömungsabhängig gesteuerten Vorratstanks (1), die untereinander in Reihe durch am Boden verlegte Leitungen (3) verbunden sind, wobei jeder Vorratstank (1) ferner Zuläufe für Silage-Extrakt und Wasser umfaßt, Tränken (2) für jedes Tier vorgesehen sind, jede Tränke (2) einen Zulauf in seinem Boden hat, an den jeweils eine aufsteigende, über einen T-Verbinder strömungsmäßig mit der bodenseitig verlegten Leitung (3) verbundene Leitung (4) angeschlossen ist, die aufsteigenden Leitungen (4) an den Zulauf einer jeden Tränke angeschlossen sind und einen kleineren Querschnitt als die am Boden verlegten Leitungen (3) haben, die Ablaufleitungen (6) den selben Querschnitt, wie die aufsteigenden Leitungen (4) aufweisen, die Ablaufleitungen (6) über T-Verbinder an die am Boden verlegten Leitungen (3) angeschlossen sind, und die Überlaufleitungen (5) vom oberen Teil eines jeden Vorratstanks (1) bis zu einem Ablauf reichen, in jeder Tränke (2) eine Schwimmerplatte (8) vorgesehen ist, die jeweils auf der Oberfläche der in der Tränke vorhandenen Flüssigkeit schwimmt, wobei die Schwimmerplatten (8) die Oberfläche der Flüssigkeit verringern, die sich mit Luft in Kontakt befindet, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die sich mit der Flüssigkeit in Kontakt befindliche Unterseite einer jeden Schwimmerplatte (8) mit Gummimaterial überzogen ist, und daß die Schwimmerplatte (8) die Zuläufe zu den Tränken (2) abdichtet, wenn die am Boden verlegten Leitungen (3) entleert werden und die Anlage danach unter Vakuum gesetzt wird sowie eine Anzahl "pigs" aus weichem Material durch die am Boden verlegten Leitungen (3) gesaugt wird.
EP90310896A 1989-04-10 1990-10-04 Zuführanlage für Trinkwasser und flüssigen Ensilierungsextrakt für Tiere Expired - Lifetime EP0478854B1 (de)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE69012994T DE69012994D1 (de) 1990-10-04 1990-10-04 Zuführanlage für Trinkwasser und flüssigen Ensilierungsextrakt für Tiere.

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NO891464A NO166993C (no) 1989-04-10 1989-04-10 Automatisk drikkevanns/pressaftanlegg til dyr.

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP0478854A1 EP0478854A1 (de) 1992-04-08
EP0478854B1 true EP0478854B1 (de) 1994-09-28

Family

ID=19891917

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP90310896A Expired - Lifetime EP0478854B1 (de) 1989-04-10 1990-10-04 Zuführanlage für Trinkwasser und flüssigen Ensilierungsextrakt für Tiere

Country Status (3)

Country Link
EP (1) EP0478854B1 (de)
DK (1) DK0478854T3 (de)
NO (2) NO166993C (de)

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
RU2649616C1 (ru) * 2017-07-17 2018-04-04 Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования "Донской государственный аграрный университет" (ФГБОУ ВО Донской ГАУ) Система автопоения сельскохозяйственной птицы

Family Cites Families (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1215030A (en) * 1915-09-28 1917-02-06 Joseph C Jordan Stock-watering apparatus.
US1841880A (en) * 1929-01-26 1932-01-19 Nelson W Dalton Watering system for live stock
FR726231A (fr) * 1931-11-13 1932-05-25 Constructeurs Fecampois Soc D Abreuvoir automatique
US3086500A (en) * 1961-04-27 1963-04-23 Ambrose W Spire Livestock drinking fountain
US3745977A (en) * 1971-10-18 1973-07-17 M Martin Cattle and hog watering apparatus
US3946703A (en) * 1974-11-15 1976-03-30 Hold 'em, Inc. Liquid feeder for animals
GB2098447A (en) * 1981-05-14 1982-11-24 Callow Wilfred John A cover for animal drinking troughs
US4559905A (en) * 1984-09-20 1985-12-24 Ahrens Agricultural Industries Co. Livestock watering tank

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
NO891464D0 (no) 1989-04-10
NO891464L (de) 1990-10-11
NO902466L (no) 1990-10-11
DK0478854T3 (da) 1994-12-27
NO166993B (no) 1991-06-17
NO902466D0 (no) 1990-06-05
NO166993C (no) 1991-09-25
EP0478854A1 (de) 1992-04-08

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US6335191B1 (en) Automated system and method for growing bacteria
KR101779304B1 (ko) 전자식 급이기의 물에 빠진 사료 해결방법
CN206620711U (zh) 一种鱼、植物共生的循环种养系统
CN205337176U (zh) 一种猪用干湿喂料箱
AU2000267416B2 (en) Animal watering apparatus
EP0478854B1 (de) Zuführanlage für Trinkwasser und flüssigen Ensilierungsextrakt für Tiere
CN105188354B (zh) 自动饲料饲喂器的供水装置
CN213939271U (zh) 一种养牛喂食槽
EP0404811A1 (de) Fütterungsvorrichtung für tiere
IE66834B1 (en) Automatic supply system for drinking water and liquid silage extract for livestock
KR20090086176A (ko) 양돈용 액상 급이기
CN107801643A (zh) 一种自动化畜禽养殖食槽
CN216392674U (zh) 新型养殖池
CN210017429U (zh) 生猪养殖场猪舍生猪自动饮水给排系统
EP0943677A1 (de) Automatischer Biogenerator
CN211581147U (zh) 一种畜牧养殖用饮水装置
EP0519143B1 (de) Verbesserungen an Milchfütterungsvorrichtungen
CN207733416U (zh) 储水式牲畜自动饮水槽
KR100736321B1 (ko) 보온물탱크 및 위생급수기를 갖는 축사 설치용 자동급수시설
CN222852961U (zh) 一种养殖桶
CN224007549U (zh) 一种用于陆基圆池循环水养殖的自动排污机构
RU225913U1 (ru) Кормушка для свиней
CN208338644U (zh) 一种家禽养殖用的喂养装置
CN115316298B (zh) 一种采用猪场液态饲料投喂系统的投料方法
CN216906465U (zh) 一种菜鱼农业循环系统

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): DE DK GB NL SE

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 19921005

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 19921126

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): DE DK GB NL SE

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 19941007

Year of fee payment: 5

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DK

Payment date: 19941025

Year of fee payment: 5

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: NL

Payment date: 19941031

Year of fee payment: 5

REF Corresponds to:

Ref document number: 69012994

Country of ref document: DE

Date of ref document: 19941103

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SE

Payment date: 19941116

Year of fee payment: 5

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DK

Ref legal event code: T3

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Effective date: 19941229

EAL Se: european patent in force in sweden

Ref document number: 90310896.7

PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

26N No opposition filed
PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DK

Effective date: 19951004

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Payment date: 19951004

Year of fee payment: 6

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DK

Ref legal event code: EBP

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SE

Effective date: 19951005

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: NL

Effective date: 19960501

EUG Se: european patent has lapsed

Ref document number: 90310896.7

NLV4 Nl: lapsed or anulled due to non-payment of the annual fee

Effective date: 19960501

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Effective date: 19961004

GBPC Gb: european patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 19961004